barsk.
gruff, stern (surly and stern)
Meaning & usage
gruff, stern (surly and stern)
ett barskt svar
harsh, tough (of weather, terrain, or the like)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German barsch, from Old Saxon *barsk, from Proto-Germanic *barskaz, from *barsaz (“perch, bass”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórs-o-s, from *bʰers- (“top, tip, point”). Related to borst, borste, -borre (in abborre, sjöborre and kardborre), (possibly) barr (as in granbarr), brodd and brodera.
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